People Quiz #203
Famous People Quiz for 4 December 2012
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Q1.
Who was sent by the African Association in 1795 to find the source of the River Niger?
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Q2.
Francis Drake captained the ship "Revenge" during naval engagements concerning what?
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Q3.
The last element to be discovered in nature, rather than synthesised, was discovered In 1939 by Marguerite Perey. What was it?
Note: This question was updated in December 2020
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Q4.
What was the stage name of Brenda Mae Tarpley, an American singer of rockabilly, pop and country music who had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s (a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis) and was best known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry"?
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Q5.
Which playwright wrote the plays that won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1963 & 2002 and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967, 1975 & 1994, and gained nominations for Tony Award for Best Play in 1964, 1965, 1967 & 1975, Tony Award for Best Author of a Play in 1965, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001 & 2003 and a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2005?
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Q6.
Where did Stradivari, the famous violin maker, live and work?
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Q7.
Who is the author of the 2009 political memoir "Going Rogue"?
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